Postal and Telegraph Revenue




RETURN of REVENUE collected at the General Post Office and in the several Postal Districts of New Zealand for the Quarter ended 30th June, 1890.

*Postage received from Foreign Offices. Private Box and Bag Rents. Money-order Commission. Stamps sold and credited to Stamp Revenue. Postal Guides. Postal-note Commission. Miscellaneous Receipts. Total. TELEGRAPH REVENUE.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Paid Telegrams, &c. Government Telegrams.
Number. Cash received. Number. Value.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
General Post Office .. .. 4,330 19 10 .. .. .. .. .. 31 13 6 4,362 13 4 .. 127 8 0 .. ..
Auckland .. .. .. 32 0 0 379 0 10 5,565 8 7 1 3 6 62 17 3½ 7 5 6 6,047 15 8½ 65,065 3,958 11 2 6,357 694 12 8
Blenheim .. .. .. 4 10 0 66 3 10 894 11 4 0 2 0 7 17 8 0 8 0 973 12 10 9,009 590 2 2 1,456 132 13 1
Christchurch .. .. .. 40 10 0 285 7 10 4,778 1 4 1 1 0 34 18 0½ 1 9 0 5,141 7 2½ 50,284 3,731 2 10 5,694 585 13 0
Dunedin .. .. .. 31 10 0 296 13 10 4,459 17 8½ 0 15 0 43 12 8½ 13 11 8 4,846 0 11 64,870 4,261 1 10 7,098 523 3 11
Gisborne .. .. .. 5 10 0 29 11 10 1,161 19 6 0 2 0 2 3 0½ 0 7 6 1,199 13 10½ 6,708 353 2 3 962 107 14 9
Greymouth .. .. .. 3 10 0 91 1 2 1,342 11 5½ 0 1 6 5 12 3 0 15 0 1,443 11 4½ 15,028 884 10 1 1,651 180 11 10
Hokitika .. .. .. 8 0 0 32 15 8 573 13 11 0 1 0 2 15 1 2 0 9 619 6 5 4,901 253 7 5 611 51 16 9
Invercargill .. .. .. 18 10 0 107 7 10 2,974 14 5 0 1 0 24 0 10 0 2 0 3,124 16 1 20,085 1,104 2 9 2,210 206 7 6
Napier .. .. .. 54 0 0 135 6 2 2,570 9 7½ 0 10 0 22 4 1 17 9 0 2,799 18 10½ 22,009 1,472 13 10 2,834 294 11 2
Nelson .. .. .. 2 0 0 46 15 8 896 9 4 0 2 6 8 2 0 2 0 0 955 9 6 13,780 749 15 0 1,508 154 6 5
New Plymouth .. .. .. 3 10 0 39 6 6 523 4 10 0 2 0 10 5 5½ 0 2 0 576 10 9½ 9,126 262 19 7 1,573 152 19 4
Oamaru .. .. .. 7 10 0 44 17 6 1,463 13 8 0 2 0 7 11 1 0 1 0 1,523 15 3 7,956 530 14 11 884 169 7 7
Thames .. .. .. 7 0 0 58 9 6 1,178 1 2½ 0 2 0 12 14 7½ 0 5 0 1,256 12 4 10,270 475 13 10 1,300 128 19 5
Timaru .. .. .. 7 10 0 64 8 2 2,931 5 2½ 0 7 6 12 18 7 0 1 0 3,016 10 5½ 11,440 747 8 10 1,066 207 17 10
Wanganui .. .. .. 19 0 0 87 17 6 2,914 15 8½ 0 2 6 22 6 5½ 0 0 3 3,044 2 5 14,586 896 3 2 1,729 153 11 3
Wellington .. .. .. 31 0 0 345 0 2 5,339 10 8½ 0 10 0 45 7 8 6 14 6 5,768 3 0½ 73,788 4,115 2 3 19,695 2,405 7 7
Westport .. .. .. 3 0 0 55 19 0 865 1 9½ 0 2 0 4 3 4 .. 928 6 1½ 9,087 468 0 0 1,677 197 6 7
Total second quarter in 1890.. 4,330 19 10 278 10 0 2,166 3 0 40,433 10 4 5 7 6 329 10 2½ 84 5 8 47,628 6 6½ 407,992 24,981 19 11 58,305 6,347 0 8
Total second quarter in 1889.. 4,659 18 0 215 0 0 2,110 5 1 38,551 13 6 4 12 0 300 3 4½ 107 0 10 45,948 12 9½ 366,691 23,991 15 8 51,376 5,981 15 9

General Post Office,
Wellington, 22nd July, 1890.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.



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💰 Return of Revenue Collected

💰 Finance & Revenue
22 July 1890
Revenue, Post Office, Postal Districts, Telegraph, Quarterly, 1890
  • W. Gray, Secretary